Hi, I am a new member and a mother of a two year old boy and a 5 month old girl. My daughter was born with Dislocated Hips and was in a Pavlik Harness from...
Lauren, My experience with my daughter's dysplasia has been very different from yours, but I can certainly understand why you'd feel the way you do. For me, I...
Hi Lauren, Welcome to the group. I did not go through the same experience as you. My daughter was diagnosed at 6 months (even though there was a family history...
Lauren, Don't apologize about your feelings. We all start out with some expectations of what our experience will be. It can be hard to come to terms with the...
Lauren, You *have* had something taken away from you, but you have also been given a great gift. I don't mean the gift of your daughter, though that is a gift...
hi dave my daughter sophie had the same operation as your little one open reduction pelvic osteotomy, femur reduction on the 16th dec 2002 aged 3 just to let...
Lauren, I hear you! Lindsay was diagnosed in the nursery the day she was born. She was in the Pavlik for 6 months, had surgery and was in a cast from her...
Lauren, I know exactly how you feel. My daughter,Morgan, was in a pavlik for about 4 1/2 months, and now is wearing a rhino cruiser until?????.. I had...
Hello all, Kylie is getting her spica cast removed on Saturday! I am so excited yet a little nervous because I am so used to the cast now. It is going to be...
Dave, I hope everything is going better for you all now. I really hate that Trisha ,and of course you and your wife, had to spend Chrismas in the Hospital. I...
Hi Lauren, My husband and I share the same feelings. Our daughter has dislocated hips also and she was put in a pavlik harness since she was 1 week old, she's...
To everyone that replied to me, thank you all so much for your wonderful advice, it has made me look at everything in a much brighter light. After reading a...
Thank you so much for your reply. I didnt realise how many people would reply, it made me feel so much better to hear from people in the same boat. Serina has...
Michelle, One thing that I didn't think of, but was glad that I had done on the spur of the moment, was to bring an outfit with snap legs. It will be very...
We took Catie to see the ortho on Tuesday. He cut back the cast a little bit around the inside of her left leg. He said it wasn't too tight, but that it was...
Hi Susan, Glad to hear you were able to get to the doctor and have them loosen the cast a little bit. I bet it is quite frustrating for her to have skin...
Thank you for the ideas. I will definately make sure I have all that on hand. If you think of anything else, please let me know. Michelle ... the spur of the...
Hi Michelle, I was surprised that Catie tolerated the headphones actually. She's 8 and a half months old right now, and anytime I put anything on her head,...
Not posted for ages. Harry had his cast removed on New Years Eve after having an open reduction. His cast was on for nearly 7 weeks and he will now go into a...
Harry has his Cast removed on Tuesday, he was fantastic did not flinch I think the nurse was good giving him toys etc. at our hospital the saw really wasn't...
I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year. We did!! Emily had her cast removed after 7 months at the beginning of December. Her Granny and...
Lauren, I would have written yesterday but Hannah and I had a busy day. You are dealing with very natural feelings. I am very glad the group and web site...
hi all just wondering if you guys fit your own babies pavlik harnesses??it sounds like it to me from what you have all said...today at the hospital because of...
I know exactly how you feel..2 friends had babies at the same time as me...I have all these great clothes she will never wear that were her sisters and most of...
just wondering if there are any Australian members in this group??? I'm from NSW..Newcastle Kristen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Our daughter had a double osteotomy on her left side (modified Salter & femural) 12 weeks ago. She also had one tendon lengthened (I don't remember the name...
My baby Joy was only in the Pavlik for three weeks before an ultrasound told us it wasn't working. Our Dr. told us to remove it only if she needed CPR!! I was...
Dear Kathy and Paul, Just a quick note I have not been sending many meassages but I read the hip baby meassages all the time. Our little girl who is now 2 1/2...
Dear Kristen, We are from Aust and at present in Qld in Dalby originally from Brisbane we are her for another 6 months. Helena (daughter 2 1/2 ) had her...
Hi Kristen, Yes, I am an Australia member from Sydney. My daughter, now 15.5 months was
diagnised as 6 weeks with dislocated left hip. She had a closed...
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